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All eyes will fall on Nine journalist Nick McKenzie when he takes the stand to give evidence on bombshell accusations he received privileged information ahead of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial.

Courts & JusticeMcKenzie to give evidence on bombshell claims in retrial bid

All eyes will fall on Nine journalist Nick McKenzie when he takes the stand to give evidence on bombshell accusations he received privileged information ahead of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial.

Rhiannon Lewin

Louise St John Kennedy has pleaded not guilty to attacking her neighbour.

Courts & JusticePremiumWA socialite says she held a ruler, not a knife, in ‘attack’

A western suburbs socialite is hoping to prove her innocence after claiming she was holding a ruler, not a knife, in footage that captured the moment she allegedly attacked her elderly neighbour.

Harriet Flinn

The Australian Federal Police said the man had been in bushland before ‘managing to enter the airport grounds and reach the tarmac’.

CrimePremiumMan charged after sneaking onto tarmac at Perth Airport

The incident unfolded when airline workers spotted the man on the tarmac about 9.30pm on Tuesday.

Caleb Runciman

Travis Barnard leaves the District Court of WA during his trial last year.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumMan who clawed at just-dead girlfriend’s super loses appeal

A ‘cold-hearted’ man who brazenly made himself the sole beneficiary of his partner’s $400,000 superannuation fund mere hours after she died has lost his appeal against conviction and sentence.

Rebecca Le May

Matthew William Lawson captured on CCTV vision before he ran over his colleague Trae Black.

Courts & JusticePremiumCity Beach hammer attacker sent for neuropsychological test

A man who admitted trying to kill his tradie colleague in a gruesome attack in City Beach last year has had his sentencing date set after maintaining a guilty plea.

Rebecca Le May

Jerry Aniseto Masipau Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumConfusion as Samoan accused of killing ex-MP faces court

The 25-year-old man accused of fatally attacking former Labor politician Barry Urban initially turned up to the wrong court.

Rebecca Le May

Kevin Simonsen outside Perth Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Not sinister’: Bikie admits packing knuckleduster on flight

A Hells Angels bikie ‘had no sinister intention whatsoever’ when a knuckleduster was found in his luggage as he tried to board a flight at Perth Airport, according to his lawyers.

Caleb Runciman

A man has been given more time behind bars after assaulting a prison officer.

Courts & justicePremiumPorn perv gets extra time for assaulting prison officer

A porn perv who exposed himself to teenage girls has received additional time behind bars after assaulting a prison officer while in jail.

Tegan Guthrie

Virginia Giuffre’s shock death by suicide was confirmed on Saturday.

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Virginia Giuffre’s ‘anxious, hostile’ separation revealed

Sad details of the final months of Virginia Giuffre’s life have emerged, with court documents revealing the break-up with her husband involved hostility and anxiety.

Rebecca Le May

A Porungurup man was sentenced on Thursday for damaging property and breaching a police order.

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‘Borderline stalking’: No jail for man who slashed tyre

A Porongurup man who slashed the tyre of his partner’s car during an argument and breached a police order to stay away from her the next day has avoided immediate jail. 

Melissa Sheil

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is claiming a miscarriage of justice. NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Courts & JusticePremiumBen Roberts-Smith: Ex-wife’s friend ‘you owe me beers’ message read in court

A message allegedly sent to a reporter ahead of the disgraced war veteran’s defamation trial has been revealed in court.

Rhiannon Lewin

Tahira Shaheen told reporters she was sorry and it was an accident.

Courts & JusticePremiumSchoolgirl’s hit-and-run driver says ‘It was an accident’

The mother of a girl who was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run outside a Perth school is angry the driver’s sentencing has been held up by a finding she has problem-solving skills of a six-year-old child.

Rebecca Le May

A Bremer Bay man has been fined for trespassing without lawful excuse on Shire of Jerramungup property.

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Man fined for illegally releasing dogs caught by ranger

A Bremer Bay man has been fined for trespassing on Shire of Jerramungup property to release his dogs after they were caught by rangers and for threatening to punch staff.

Melissa Sheil

Brodie Palmer is on trial charged with the murder of Cassius Turvey.

CourtsPremium‘Palmer not aware of co-accused’s murderous intent’: Lawyer

A lawyer for one of the men on trial for the murder of Cassius Turvey has told a court there was no evidence his client knew of his co-accused’s ‘murderous intent’ on the day.

Emily Moulton

A man has pleaded not guilty to three charges.

Courts & justice PremiumMan to fight machete to throat DV allegations

A man will fight allegations he held a machete to the throat of his partner, assaulted her and impeded her breathing. 

Tegan Guthrie

Sino Iron magnetite mine in the Pilbara

MiningCommentsPremiumSuits on the ground in CITIC’s fight for survival

A football team’s worth of lawyers joined CITIC Pacific’s fight with Clive Palmer for the future of its $20b Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

Neale Prior

The tragedy happened at WA Salt Supply in North Coogee in June 2022.

WA News PremiumSalt refinery behind worker death used cardboard to fix belt

A local salt processing company has been fined $875,000 over the death of a worker at a North Coogee refinery in 2022.

Sarah Steger

The violence erupted after the pair had been cellmates at Hakea Prison for one week.

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Ex-prisoner allegedly blinded cellmate in brutal attack

A former Hakea prisoner has gone on trial after allegedly blinding his cellmate in one eye in a vicious, unwitnessed attack.

Rebecca Le May

Details of the funding deal are subject to secrecy orders, but documents released by the court reveal liquidators had been privately haggling with tax officials since June 2023 over allegedly unfair preference payments.

LiquidationsPremiumTax office target in Mrs Mac’s blue

The liquidators chasing the tax office for $3.8m of payments made while former Mrs Mac’s Pies company allegedly broke in 2022.

Neale Prior

Luke Timothy O’Diam, 29, was arrested a short time after a team of Gang Response and TRG officers boxed in the car as it travelled down the highway and brought it to a stop.

Crime PremiumMongols bikie arrested in wild chase after standoff with TRG

Police have charged a Mongols bikie with possessing a gun after a dramatic pursuit in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Sarah Steger

An Albany man who was caught driving at more than 45km/h over the speed limit on Albany Highway has been fined.

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WA man caught driving at 157km/h while under influence fined

An Albany man caught driving at more than 150km/h on Albany Highway while under the influence of alcohol has been fined and had his licence disqualified. 

Jacki Elezovich

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan jailed for garden shear threats

A man threatened to “cave in” the head of his family friend and kill her before brandishing garden shears and continuing to abuse her, all in front of her nine-year-old daughter, a Kalgoorlie court was told.

Tegan Guthrie

Zacheaus Wells was granted home detention bail for a grievous bodily harm charge.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan, 19, accused of violently stabbing uncle bailed

The 19-year-old who allegedly bragged to his mates after police said he stabbed his uncle in the street — puncturing his lung — has been released on strict bail.

Tegan Guthrie

A Sri Lankan pizza shop owner who dodged deportation for threatening two men with a gun over a drug debt again faces the prospect of having his visa revoked.

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Drug dealer faces deportation after second WA jail term

A Sri Lankan pizza shop owner who dodged deportation for threatening two men with a gun over a drug debt again faces the prospect of having his visa revoked, after being sent back to prison in WA for dealing.

Rebecca Le May